With distinct memories of loving this movie on VHS back in 1984, I was surprised to find it on Prime. I was excited to see it again after 40+ years! The concept still holds up, but THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT suffers from some seriously bad acting and a director who wants to focus more on romance than he does science fiction. Four years before, "The Final Countdown" had seen Kirk Douglas at the helm of a battleship transplanted in time. New World Pictures couldn't afford Doug

Fear is the New Faith....... There is a long sequence near the end of 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE that is so perfectly staged, so over the top in every way possible that I laughed out loud. It's absolutely, madly, hellishly perfect. Sadly, you'll need to suffer through so much graphic torture and insufferable death to get to that sequence, it's hard to recommend you stay seated. The Devil is in the details, as it were. Picking up shortly after the events of last year's "

I haven't had this much unhinged fun at the movies in a long time. Vintage Sam Raimi, SEND HELP is a hilarious horror adventure that's packed with laugh out loud surprises. Rachel McAdams (Doctor Strange, True Detective) kills it in a career defining role as meek, single and devoted employee Linda Liddle. Socially awkward, her most loyal companion is the parakeet she shares her tiny apartment with, making tuna sandwiches nightly for her next day's lunch. Linda is a beast at

NO ONE creates suspense on film like Director Paul Greengrass, something you know if you've seen his films "United 93" or "The Bourne Ultimatum". His telling of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California, THE LOST BUS moves you to the front of your seat and never lets go. We meet school bus driver Kevin McKay, embodied brilliantly by Matthew McConaughey. Kevin's struggling after the loss of his father and recent divorce, caring for his mother and his 15 year old son, who wan

Although I'm not strapped into the chair that Chris Pratt spends 90% of MERCY in, I have to admit that I went into this movie ready to quip, "Yeah, I saw this when it was called 'Minority Report'! While it never nears the superiority of that Cruise/Spielberg classic, damned if this one isn't a whole lot of fun, packed with suspense, humor and buckets of action. Pratt plays Detective Chris Raven, a decorated officer and one of the champions of the near future virtual court ca

What happens when a man stands up and says, "enough is enough"? Today is the perfect day to experience one of the most powerful and moving biographical films ever made. SELMA is a perfectly crafted look at a turbulent time in our country's history that still sadly resonates half a century later. David Oyelowo is incredibly good as Dr. Martin Luther King, portraying the man's passion, spirit and weaknesses with equal skill. Oyelowo's performance is equal to Daniel Day Lewis'

A suspenseful throwback to the gritty crime dramas of the 1970's, DEAD MAN'S WIRE is taut full of suspense and based on a true story of televised revolution. Be prepared to be plunged into a cold February day in 1977. Director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) and his team recreate that chilly Indianapolis day, giving the entire film a palpable sense of time and place. Bill Skarsgard is a long way from Pennywise in a superb performance as everyman Tony Kiritsis, whose America

17 years ago today on January 15, 2009, the world experienced the Miracle on the Hudson. If Tom Hanks has become today's go-to actor for portraying everyday American heroes, surely Clint Eastwood is at the top of American Directors for traditional dramas. These two American Classics pair up for superb work on SULLY , the behind the scenes story of Captain Sully Sullenberger, the pilot who managed to land US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, next to Manhattan. Shortly

One of my all-time film guilty pleasures, Ken Russell's bizarre, over-the-top blend of hallucinogenic science fiction, thriller and love story ALTERED STATES is an absolute trip. William Hurt made his 1980 film debut as a scientist more concerned with finding the root of man in his DNA than in exhibiting any social graces. Dr Jessup (Hurt) is rude, obnoxious, pious and about to discover man's origins within himself. That leaves little time for feelings. Alienating his girlf

The best afterlife comedy since "Heaven Can Wait", ETERNITY is a laugh-out-loud romance with heart, soul and wit to spare. The film opens with senior citizen couple Joan (Betty Buckley) and Larry (Barry Primus) driving to a gender reveal party for their new grandchild. Buckley and Primus are old pros, delivering every bit of comedy with panache as traffic backs up a mile behind them. When Larry dies suddenly at the party, he wakes up on a train, in his much younger body, now